Malay Mail website editor U-En Ng has resigned over the newspaper's coverage of the controversy surrounding the revealing photos of Selangor executive councillor Elizabeth Wong.

Ng made public his decision to resign during a forum titled ‘Privacy: Does it exist in Malaysia? Is it time to legislate?’ organised by the Bar Council last night.

elizabeth wong crying at her resignation nude photos fiasco 250209 According to Sin Chew Daily today, Ng who was a speaker at the forum, said the reports on Wong’s private photos failed to establish the truth and instead created more problems.

Matter of principle

He stressed that the media must practice self-regulation and avoid reporting news that invades personal privacy.

Thus, Ng said that his decision to resign was a matter of principle.

However, Ng agreed that an invasion of privacy in the name of public interest may sometimes be warranted, such as in the case of a government official being bribed in their own home.

Malay Mail was among two newspapers which broke the news that Wong’s revealing photos were making rounds in public on Feb 16.

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